Sara Sees Munich!!

So last weekend my Sara Sunshine went to the Oktobefest...yeah the real live one in Munich! Talk about Momma praying! She came out fine and relatively unscathed. She emailed me something about sleeping at the train station and being woke up by the German police! Oh well....she's safe back in Florence.....for now.This is where Sara and her friends entered the festival and from here it really doesn't look very big. But it is! She sent me pictures of rides and different things...it truly looked like a most exciting weekend.

This was their tent of choice.....where all the beer drinking was done.

Sara with some of the other party goers.

Darn near as big as she is, huh?

The Oktoberfest is a three-week festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria, Germany during late September and early October. It is one of the most famous events in the city and the world's largest fair, with some six million people attending every year.

The event traditionally takes place during the 16 days up to and including the first Sunday in October. In 1990, the schedule was modified in response to German reunification so that if the first Sunday in October falls on the 1st or 2nd, then the festival will go on until October 3rd (German Unity Day). Thus, the festival is now 17 days when the 1st Sunday is October 2nd and 18 days when it is October 1st. The festival is held on an area named the Theresienwiese (Field [or meadow] of Therese), often called "d’ Wiesn" for short. Beer plays a central role in the fair, with every festival beginning with a keg of beer tapped by the Mayor of Munich who declares "O'zapft is!" (Bavarian: "It’s tapped!"). A special Oktoberfest beer is brewed for the occasion, which is slightly darker and stronger, in both taste and alcohol. It is served in a one-liter-tankard called Maß. The first mass is served to the Bavarian Prime Minister. Only local Munich breweries are allowed to serve this beer in a Bierzelt, a beer tent which is large enough for thousands.

Visitors also consume large quantities of food, most of it traditional hearty fare such as sausage, hendl (chicken), käsespätzle (cheese noodles), and sauerkraut, along with such Bavarian delicacies as roast ox tails. (from Wikipedia)

This weekend Sara see Brussels, Belgium! Go Sara go!

Hugs, Happiness and Harmony!
Julie